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Anofortnight: [Adelaide University] N. 1 Fortnight * 10^-9, Or About 1.
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:nanofortnight: [Adelaide University] n. 1 fortnight * 10^-9,
or about 1.2 msec. This unit was used largely by students doing
undergraduate practicals. See {microfortnight}, {attoparsec},
and {micro-}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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anofortnight n. [Adelaide University] 1 fortnight * 10^(-9), or about 1.
2 msec. This unit was used largely by students doing undergraduate practicals....
attoparsec: n. About an inch. `atto-' is the standard SI prefix for multiplication by 10^(-18).
A parsec (parallax-second) is 3.26 light-yea...
attoparsec n. About an inch. `atto-' is the standard SI prefix for multiplication by 10^(-18).
A parsec (parallax-second) is 3.26 light-yea...
micro-: pref. 1. Very small; this is the root of its use as a quantifier prefix.
2. A quantifier prefix, calling for multiplication by 10^(-6) (see {{quantifiers}})....
fish: [Adelaide University, Australia] n. 1. Another {metasyntactic variable}.
See {foo}. Derived originally from the Monty Python skit in the middle of "The Meaning of Life" entitled "Find the Fish"....
microfortnight: n. 1/1000000 of the fundamental unit of time in the Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight system of measureme
1.2096 sec. (A furlong is 1/8th of a mile; a firkin is 1/4th of a barrel...
ano-: [SI: the next quantifier below {micro-}; meaning * 10^(-9)] pref.
Smaller than {micro-}, and used in the same rather loose and connotative way....
megapenny: /meg'*-pen`ee/ n. $10,000 (1 cent * 10^6).
Used semi-humorously as a unit in comparing computer cost and performance figures....
micro- pref. 1. Very small; this is the root of its use as a quantifier prefix.
2. A quantifier prefix, calling for multiplication by 10^(-6) (see quantifiers)....